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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 30 - 32 inches
Plant Spread: 20 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Other: Spicy licorice scent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Dark raspberry pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: Deadhead faded flower stems to ensure more flowering throughout the season. Needs excellent drainage to overwinter. Easy to grow as long as it has full sun and good drainage.
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Good self-seeder
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP20,371 (2009); EU27475
Parentage: Pink Pop x Agastache cana
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Giant Hyssop
  • Anise Hyssop

'Raspberry Summer' was a featured
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Date: 2010-02-09
Photo courtesy Terra Nova Nurseries,Inc. www.terranovanurseries.c
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-07-09
Closeup. #Pollination
Location: Grantville, Georgia
Date: 05/2013
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-24
Growing it in a container on our sunny patio. Taken in the evenin
Location: Sun Zone 6a
Date: 2012-09-29
Great deep color.
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: 05/21/13
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-07-09
#Pollination
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2009-07-19
Raspberry Summer is one of my favorites!
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-04-09
Location: Oregon
Date: summer 2012
Photo by Skiekitty
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2009-07-19
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2009-07-19
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-09-02
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2009-07-19
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2011-12-29
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-01-03
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-06-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-06-06
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-07-10
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-07-10
Didn't realize it had survived.. being swallowed by one of my Aga
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2008-07-09
Planted 3 one-gallon size pots of 'Raspberry Summer'.
Location: My house in Portsmouth.
Date: 2013-05-22
Photo by virginiarose
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-06-29
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-06-29

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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Jun 18, 2012 9:35 PM concerning plant:
    One of my very favorites of Agastaches to grow!

    It starts blooming earlier than some of the others and it stays blooming throughout the season! It's a beautiful raspberry color and I've been growing it since it was introduced a few years ago. I even buy more of 'Raspberry Summer' each year, since I love it so much! I always look forward to it blooming each year.

    It was introduced by Terra Nova Nurseries.
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